Thanks Doug.
I have never found the Sears folks to be great at repair. One thing I would
do if I were you, is get a replacement drive belt for the lathe. Not the big
one around the Reeves drive but rather the little guy that goes between
motor and spindle. http://aroundthewoods.com/lathebelt01.html I have not
needed to replace it for quite a while since I stopped (for now) forgetting
to remove the spindle lock before starting up the lathe. I think this is
technically called an oops :-)

Darrell

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